Specialists present it as the scourge of the time. There fatty liver diseasealso called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD: non alcoholic fatty liver disease) results in an accumulation of fat in liver cells, without being linked to excessive alcohol consumption.
Its occurrence is more related to diet too high in fat and sugar. This overflow leads to a kind of “blockage”: the liver, supposed to eliminate this sugar, can no longer do so. It therefore stores it as fat. At first, this disease nicknamed “soda disease” or “junk food disease” remains benign. But in the longer term, it can cause complications that can go as far as irreversible cirrhosis. And let’s repeat it, without having consumed alcohol in large doses for years.
Cases expected to double by 2030
According to figures from a 2020 study on the CONSTANCE cohort, 18.2% of French people who were the subject of this analysis suffer from it. About 220,000 people are said to have advanced pre-cirrhotic fibrosis or cirrhosis. Projections estimate that this number will more than double by 2030, and diabetics or overweight people would be most at risk. However, thin people are not immune.
Another peculiarity, it does not necessarily give physical signs. Its insidious nature means that we can live with it without realizing it for a while. The only positive point is that it is not a fatality. We can really avoid it by taking care of what we eat. So what are the reflexes to adopt to get through? Our answers with Florence Foucaut, dietitian nutritionist in Paris.
